Mar. 27, 2015

Shaking Up the Climate Conversation, With Dance

An unusual scene played out under the American Museum of Natural History’s iconic blue whale on Wednesday. More than 30 dancers raced, pushed, and teetered on tiptoe in a dance that contemporary ballet choreographer Karole Armitage described as climate change “consciousness raising.” The dance, “On the Nature of Things,” was a collaboration between Armitage and biologist Paul Ehrlich. The aim of this cross-disciplinary experiment? To see if dance, art, and narrative can shift the conversation on climate change.

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Guests

Paul EhrlichProfessor of Biology and Population StudiesStanford UniversityStanford, California